पञ्चाङ्ग — Chicago, USA · May 19, 2015 CE

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 14.8 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga

तमस्त्वज्ञानजं विद्धि मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम्।प्रमादालस्यनिद्राभिस्तन्निबध्नाति भारत।।14.8।।

"14.8 But Ignorance, the product of darkness, stupefies the senses in all embodied beings, binding them by chains of folly, indolence and lethargy." — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 14.8's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Jyeṣṭha (Jyeṣṭha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2072 Kīlaka

Śaka Saṁvat: 1937 Manmatha

Bengali Saṁvat: 1422

Malayalam Era: 1191

Nanakshahi: 546

Solar Month: Vṛṣabha (Vaikāsi)

Ṛtu (Season): Grīṣma (Summer)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Dvitīyā (2/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Rohiṇī Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Sukarma
करण (Karaṇa)	Bālava
वार (Vāra)	Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	33.71°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
चन्द्र Candra	44.99°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	40.58°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P1
बुध Budha	49.06°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	110.15°	Karka	Aśleṣā P2
शुक्र Śukra	77.78°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P4
शनि Śani	217.65°	Vṛścika	Anurādhā P2

Chicago, USA — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · UTC-6)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	04:27 UTC-6
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	19:07 UTC-6
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	11:47 UTC-6
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	05:04 UTC-6
Candrāsta (Moonset)	20:00 UTC-6
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	14 Hours 39 Mins 32 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	9 Hours 20 Mins 28 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	02:30 – 03:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	03:14 – 04:27
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:18 – 12:16
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:13 – 15:12
Godhūli Muhūrta	18:55 – 19:19
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	19:07 – 19:43
Amṛta Kāla	18:52 – 20:37
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:18 – 00:16

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	15:27 – 17:17
Yamaganda	08:07 – 09:57
Gulika Kāla	11:47 – 13:37
Varjyam	05:04 – 05:27
Dur Muhūrta	07:52 – 08:22

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-East

Rāhu Vāsa: North

Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Mṛgaśirā · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Citrā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Dhaniṣṭhā · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Vṛṣabha · Karka · Tulā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Roga	04:27 – 06:17 (inauspicious)
Day-2 Udveg	06:17 – 08:07 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Chala	08:07 – 09:57 (neutral)
Day-4 Labha	09:57 – 11:47 (auspicious)
Day-5 Amṛta	11:47 – 13:37 (auspicious)
Day-6 Kāla	13:37 – 15:27 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Śubha	15:27 – 17:17 (auspicious)
Day-8 Roga	17:17 – 19:07 (inauspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Kāla	19:07 – 20:17 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Śubha	20:17 – 21:27 (auspicious)
Night-3 Roga	21:27 – 22:37 (inauspicious)
Night-4 Udveg	22:37 – 23:47 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Chala	23:47 – 00:57 (neutral)
Night-6 Labha	00:57 – 02:07 (auspicious)
Night-7 Amṛta	02:07 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-8 Kāla	03:17 – 04:27 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 41.8781°

Longitude: -87.6298°

Timezone: UTC+-6

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Maṅgala Walk (मङ्गल यात्रा)

7 steps · graha walk
Maṅgalavāra (Tuesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Right action + BG 2.31-38 (kṣatriya-dharma).

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Dvitīyā + Rohiṇī alignment also occurred on:

-3226-07-09 — Bhagavān Krishna's birth at Mathurā (same Rohiṇī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	5117
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868696.27
Julian Day	2457161.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0678°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	12.88°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.0678°), declination 19.66°, EoT 3.65 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2015-05-19 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)